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His writings delve into spiritual guidance, personal happiness, and the challenges of living a good and compassionate life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e and enriched by elements of \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, these books invite readers to engage with the Pope’s vision for a more hopeful and joyful world, blending personal history with universal messages of love and faith. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hope-by-pope-francis-9780241764107","title":"HOPE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wish of Pope Francis was for \u003cem\u003eHOPE\u003c\/em\u003e, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. 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God is joyful, he writes. And God's compassion is no less than the deepest expression of God's joy, and the heart of all Christian preaching. The liberating revolution of the Gospel is encapsulated here. 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Pope Francis recalls his life through memories and observations of the most significant occurrences of the past eight decades, from the Holocaust to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Videla’s coup in Argentina to the moon landing in 1969, and even the 1986 World Cup in which Maradona scored the unforgettable “hand of God” goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the frank assessments and intimate insights of a pastor reflecting on the Nazi extermination of the Jews, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 2001 terrorist attack on America and the collapse of the Twin Towers, the great economic recession of 2008, the Covid-19 pandemic, the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, and the subsequent conclave that elected him Pontiff. 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